NH news from around the web - Updated 4/27

Hampstead chief's hours cut 20 percent, pay less than 8 percent HAMPSTEAD — When selectmen discovered fire Chief Michael Carrier couldn't work full time and still draw his pension, they changed the position to part time. "Our initial intent was to go full time, but these issues came up with the retirement system," Selectman Richard Hartung said. "This is what we chose to do to handle it. The Board of Selectmen took action."

NH telepresence robot outfit VGo working with United Cerebral Palsy to demonstrate technologyNASHUA, N.H. and WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 -- VGo Communications, the leader in robotic telepresence, and United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)--an international advocate, educating and providing support services for children and adults with a spectrum of disabilities--today announced a partnership to collaborate and work together to define and deliver accessibility enhancements to VGo's robotic telepresence solution.

Despite settlement, little known about immigrant workers who blew the whistleThe locations of the workers, who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they reported unpaid wages to the Dover Police Department, cannot be disclosed at this time. Fogarty said the workers are safe, healthy and have immigration attorneys who are currently engaged in a discussion about their immigration statuses.

NEHC Honors DHART Air Ambulance Service To further enhance safety, DHART is currently developing special Helicopter Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) approaches and fully-integrated connecting routes to 30 hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont. This first-in-the-world project will allow DHART helicopters to respond safely, even in some challenging weather conditions.

Durham releases town wage figure report onlineWages are based on the 2011 New Hampshire Municipal Association Wage and Salary Survey that is conducted in communities of New Hampshire such as Dover, Exeter and Portsmouth. Durham, by design, provides wages that are neither the highest nor lowest of the surrounding communities. The administration believes that this is the fairest way to set the pay scale.

Former Wildcat McNally closing in on NFL dreamCome this weekend, preferably on Saturday and no later than Sunday, former Cornwall star defensive lineman Brian McNally's cell phone will ring. On the other end, he hopes, is a representative from an NFL team, offering him a free-agent contract. It's a call McNally, who starred at the University of New Hampshire, has been waiting for almost his entire life.